Note: Verse 3 appears on the alternate take on the bonus edition of Talking With the Taxman aAbout Poetry
Intro:
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C F C G C C G
Verse 1:
C
On monday I wished it was tuesday night
F G C
So I could wish for the weekend to come
C
On tuesday I wished that the night would pass
C G Am
So I could call you on the phone
F C
Now a man can spend a lot of time
Am C
Wondering what was on jack ruby's mind
F Em Dm G
And time is all I have without you here
Verse 2:
C
On wednesday when you hung up
F G C
It was as much as I could do
C
To stop from wishing thursday
C G Am
Would pass so quickly too
F C
They're out there making history
C F
In the lenin shipyards today
F C Am
And here I am in the hammersmith hotel
G C
Wishing the days away
Verse 3:
C
Wasn't it a shock to find
F G C
The king was human too?
C
Still I think he understands
C G Am
Much more of me than you do.
F C
It seems a proper shame to steal,
C F
His clothes but not his crown,
F C Am
Here I am in the Hammersmith hotel,
G C
Singing the government down
Verse 4:
C
There's always room for one more soul
F G C
Down in the human zoo
C
I don't want you to come here though
C G Am
I want to come home to you
F C
Somebody's knocking at the door
C F
Its later than I think
F C Am
And it's time to put on these stinking clothes
G C
And get out there and stink
Verse 5:
C
On friday I wished there was something more
F G C
To be seen in the letters you send
C
On saturday I wished it was sunday
C G Am
Oh will this torment ever end
F C F
Sometimes I get a notion to put a torch
F
To the tools of my trade
F C Am
Here I am in the hammersmith hotel
G C
Wishing the days away
